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The PBK-500U Drel (Russian: Дрель, lit. "drill") is an inertial and GLONASS-guided cluster glide bomb developed by the Russian Federation, designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and buildings.
The VKS also fields several purpose-designed glide bombs, including the massive 3,306-lb satellite-guided KAB-1500S-E glide bomb with an effective range of 31 miles, and the smaller UPAB-500B ...
A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber releases a FAB-3000 glide bomb in a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Russian Ministry of Defense/Screengrab via Telegram
The H-4 may be a copy or a Pakistani variant of the Denel Raptor II glide bomb. [8] [9] [10] HOPE/HOSBO are a family of glide bombs under development by German defence firm Diehl Defence. NPO Bazalt subsidiary of Russian company Techmash is developing a glide cluster bomb PBK-500U Drel. [11] UMPB D-30SN is a Russian glide bomb introduced in ...
AS-23 tactical cruise missile derivative/AGM with 120 km range [5] Kh-36 Grom-E2 - AS-23B/KAB-type guided glide bomb with 50 km range. [12] Both versions of the Grom are of 600 kg weight, with various guidance mechanisms, and both are created on the basis of the Kh-38M short-range tactical missile and also have modular structures, warheads and ...
Glide bombs are old Soviet-era weapons that are fitted out with guidance systems and wings, enabling them to be launched at long distances.
In March 2024, photos of the wreckage of a previosly unseen Russian ordnance with the "UMPB" marking surfaced in Ukraine. Preliminary analysis of the wreckage told that UMPB is a type of air-launched weapon that has a FAB-250 bomb integrated into the guidance-and-glide kit, with inertial and satellite navigation systems, ailerons, and actuators at its aft end, with a jet engine and fuel tank ...
The cost is undisclosed; however the SDB used in GLSDB has a cost to the U.S. military of about $40,000, [15] [29] with the accompanying M26 rocket coming from obsolete inventory. The amount to be allocated to each GLSDB of the cost of the "inter-stage adapter", the cost to develop a launcher-container, and the other GLSDB development and ...